The 1992 Copa Mustang was the forty-fifth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. América de Cali won the league for the eighth time after winning the final quadrangular ahead of the defending champions Atlético Nacional, crosstown rivals Deportivo Cali, and Junior.
Real Cartagena, who competed in the tournament for the second time after their prior appearance in 1971, became the first team to be relegated to Categoría Primera B after placing last in the aggregate table at the end of the season.
Format The season was split into four parts: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Finalización, semifinal quadrangulars, and final quadrangular. In the Torneo Apertura, the 16 participating teams were divided into two groups of eight, in which teams played on a round-robin fashion for a total of 16 matches, while in the Torneo Finalización, the 16 teams played each other twice in a double round-robin tournament for a total of 30 matches. The results of both the Apertura and the Finalización were combined into an aggregate table (Reclasificación), with the top eight teams in that table at the end of the season's 46 rounds advancing to the semifinal quadrangulars. Bonus points for the final stages (semifinal and final quadrangulars) were awarded at the end of the Apertura and Finalización tournaments to the top two teams in each Apertura group and the top four teams of the Finalización tournament, with the following scale being used: 1.00, 0.75, 0.50, and 0.25.
In the semifinal quadrangulars, the eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four in which they played each of their group rivals twice, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the final quadrangular, in which they again played their other group rivals twice. The team that topped the final quadrangular was the champion.
The promotion and relegation regime was fully implemented starting from this season, as the Categoría Primera B champion started participating in the top flight and the bottom-placed team in Primera A was relegated to the second tier, being replaced for the following season by the Primera B champion.
Teams
Sixteen teams took part in the season, fourteen of them coming from the previous edition. Envigado participated in the tournament for the first time after becoming the first team to be promoted from the second tier by winning the 1991 Primera B competition, and Real Cartagena (who had competed previously in 1971 with Atlético Bucaramanga's license) returned to the competition, this time replacing Sporting de Barranquilla who went bankrupt and sold their Dimayor license.
Team City Stadium América de Cali Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro Deportivo Cali Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Millonarios Bogotá El Campín Once Caldas Manizales Fernando Londoño Londoño Real Cartagena Cartagena Pedro de Heredia Santa Fe Bogotá El Campín Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Eduardo Santos
Torneo Apertura Group A
Group B
Torneo Finalización
Aggregate table An aggregate table known as Reclasificación including the games of both tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) was used to determine the teams that would advance to the Copa Mustang final stages, as well as the team that was relegated to Categoría Primera B at the end of the season.
Final stages Semifinal quadrangulars Group A
Group B
Final quadrangular
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 John Jairo TréllezAtlético Nacional 25 2 Rubén Darío HernándezEnvigado 20 3 Jorge da SilvaAmérica de Cali 19 Adolfo ValenciaSanta Fe 5 Víctor AristizábalAtlético Nacional 18 6 Armando OsmaDeportes Tolima 17 7 Antony de ÁvilaAmérica de Cali 16 Freddy RincónAmérica de Cali 9 Manuel Acisclo CórdobaSanta Fe 15 Teddy OrozcoUnión Magdalena
Source: Historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 70 Años
References
External links Dimayor's official website